The Worst of Road Signs

[Brandon]

Ladies and Gentlemen... today is a very sad day for this forum... the craIG county sign is no more... Big Rig Steve has just passed past the location of the mythical sign, and it has been replaced:


RIP craIG county... it will be known from now on as Craig County OK (there's another Craig County in VA).

Glad I got it when I did.  BTW, the "y" still appears to be fucked.

[US71]

Ladies and Gentlemen... today is a very sad day for this forum... the craIG county sign is no more... Big Rig Steve has just passed past the location of the mythical sign, and it has been replaced:


RIP craIG county... it will be known from now on as Craig County OK (there's another Craig County in VA).

That's what happens when you make errors famous

[adventurernumber1]

Since Craig County is gone, I nominate this as the new absolute worst:

And it's probably the winner.       

There is even a thread on this extra-terrestrial road sign. Through that very thread, when I saw this sign for the first time, it is truly one of the hardest times I have ever laughed in my entire life. If I remember correctly, the laughing went on for several minutes, and there was probably crying and some minor physical pain as well.

It's really a stretch to find even one thing that is correct about the sign - maybe the fact that it is held up by a standard post? That's probably it.     

It also looks like they invented some bootleg fusion between the state route shields of both Florida and Kentucky, and the numbered highway itself is just randomly spelled out (with S.R.) separate from it all. The shape of Florida isn't even the same design that is used on Florida's actual state route shields. The "JCT" banner is way too compressed, and it is just very, very, very rough on the eyes, especially in contrast to the lower part of the sign (since that is not compressed). 

It's amazing that this indescribably bad and hilarious road sign has already been standing for 9 years (according to formulanone), but maybe it hasn't been taken down because it is too significant for making history as one of the worst road signs ever created in all of history. 

[freebrickproductions]

I nominate any screwed-up state route shields from states that use their state shape (or any other non-polygonal shape) for "worst of". Believe there was another messed-up Florida shield (for FL -2) posted here somewhere before as well...

[hotdogPi]

I nominate any screwed-up state route shields from states that use their state shape (or any other non-polygonal shape) for "worst of". Believe there was another messed-up Florida shield (for FL -2) posted here somewhere before as well...

[Brandon]

That's what happens when you make errors famous

I'm not so sure.  That sign had been up (and infamous) for at least 8 years.  When I saw it in March, it was weathered, old, and tired-looking.  It may have just been due for a sign replacement, given how ODOT keeps crappy signage up for years on end.

[Eth]

I nominate any screwed-up state route shields from states that use their state shape (or any other non-polygonal shape) for "worst of".

Fortunately, Georgia gets around this by just not using a consistent shape to begin with.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

The exact moment of the biggest disappointment ever: https://youtu.be/1I07Zz7ufGc?t=10916s

I've also pinpointed the exact location of that JCT FL 100 monstrosity, but alas, Street View is not yet updated enough to show it. I'm still searching that FL -2 shield.

[Mapmikey]

The exact moment of the biggest disappointment ever: https://youtu.be/1I07Zz7ufGc?t=10916s

I've also pinpointed the exact location of that JCT FL 100 monstrosity, but alas, Street View is not yet updated enough to show it. I'm still searching that FL -2 shield.

-2 shield is here: https://goo.gl/maps/smpiRtMrko32
just before that shield you run into this: https://goo.gl/maps/gWhGqTjQDro
heading the other way is what looks to be an even more interesting CR 2 shield:  https://goo.gl/maps/FyE3Km3JX2C2
which appears to look like this CR 181 shield: https://goo.gl/maps/pjesnmnRbh12 and another in the opposite direction: https://goo.gl/maps/pdxEkjHF5VA2
from CR 181 is/was this ancient CR 2 shield: https://goo.gl/maps/3jcsP377oFA2

A nice old C-147 shield is further west: https://goo.gl/maps/MFMB36mjufw

Here is a C-2A posting with no shield whatsoever:  https://goo.gl/maps/5paf69N89sB2
GMSV shows one other entry to that intersection has a second one like that...

[Scott5114]

That's what happens when you make errors famous

I'm not so sure.  That sign had been up (and infamous) for at least 8 years.  When I saw it in March, it was weathered, old, and tired-looking.  It may have just been due for a sign replacement, given how ODOT keeps crappy signage up for years on end.

I first saw it in 2007, so it was at least 11 years old.

Frankly, good riddance. It was an embarrassment to the state of Oklahoma.

[JoePCool14]

Ladies and Gentlemen... today is a very sad day for this forum... the craIG county sign is no more... Big Rig Steve has just passed past the location of the mythical sign, and it has been replaced:


RIP craIG county... it will be known from now on as Craig County OK (there's another Craig County in VA).

That's what happens when you make errors famous

The replacement still isn't anything to write home about. The spacing still looks off. I feel like the letters are vertically centered on each line.

[WillWeaverRVA]

Ladies and Gentlemen... today is a very sad day for this forum... the craIG county sign is no more... Big Rig Steve has just passed past the location of the mythical sign, and it has been replaced:


RIP craIG county... it will be known from now on as Craig County OK (there's another Craig County in VA).

It still looks pretty funky. I wonder if they replaced the Mayes county sign in the southbound lanes?

[MCRoads]

Ladies and Gentlemen... today is a very sad day for this forum... the craIG county sign is no more... Big Rig Steve has just passed past the location of the mythical sign, and it has been replaced:


RIP craIG county... it will be known from now on as Craig County OK (there's another Craig County in VA).

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RIP craIG county

[TBKS1]

Ladies and Gentlemen... today is a very sad day for this forum... the craIG county sign is no more... Big Rig Steve has just passed past the location of the mythical sign, and it has been replaced:


RIP craIG county... it will be known from now on as Craig County OK (there's another Craig County in VA).

That's what happens when you make errors famous

The replacement still isn't anything to write home about. The spacing still looks off. I feel like the letters are vertically centered on each line.

Either way, it still doesn't look near as bad as it used to.

[kphoger]

It looks like Florida is in the middle of someone's scope.

[US 89]

It looks like Florida is in the middle of someone's scope.

Except it can't be a scope, because it isn't even round. Look what happens to the circle when it hits the panhandle. Also, it looks a little bit taller than it is wide.

[jakeroot]

I still can't figure out what the significance of the circle would be. Someone just dicking around at the sign shop? (judging by the cutout quality, I'd say that's a certainty).

[seicer]

I-4 in Orlando as part of the Ultimate redo project. I hope its temporary lol

The spelling, the covering up, or both?

The spacing and alphabet series also look off to me, but I may just be being hypersensitive.

And there's 3 different types of corners on the sign.

Oh lordie, Mixed Corners.... that's the kind of arcane detail that I feel like I'm the only one that ever spots, but I totally missed it here. Hahaha. 

"USE EXIT XX" is centered over the content, but the content isn't centered on the sign. Why so much wasted space?

[Brandon]

I still can't figure out what the significance of the circle would be. Someone just dicking around at the sign shop? (judging by the cutout quality, I'd say that's a certainty).

My guess is it might be an orange (see the license plate).

[jakeroot]

I still can't figure out what the significance of the circle would be. Someone just dicking around at the sign shop? (judging by the cutout quality, I'd say that's a certainty).

My guess is it might be an orange (see the license plate).

I can see that. Although a leaf on top might help.

[MCRoads]

Oh dear god, that sign gave my phone cancer....

[kphoger]

I still can't figure out what the significance of the circle would be. Someone just dicking around at the sign shop? (judging by the cutout quality, I'd say that's a certainty).

Circles are for state highway shields, yo!

[kkt]

Ladies and Gentlemen... today is a very sad day for this forum... the craIG county sign is no more... Big Rig Steve has just passed past the location of the mythical sign, and it has been replaced:


RIP craIG county... it will be known from now on as Craig County OK (there's another Craig County in VA).

I hope it went into a museum of awful road signs, or at least someone's personal collection.  It's too famous to just melt down.

[kphoger]

Ladies and Gentlemen... today is a very sad day for this forum... the craIG county sign is no more... Big Rig Steve has just passed past the location of the mythical sign, and it has been replaced:


RIP craIG county... it will be known from now on as Craig County OK (there's another Craig County in VA).

I hope it went into a museum of awful road signs, or at least someone's personal collection.  It's too famous to just melt down.

But if you were the employee who took it down, wouldn't you feel an acute desire to blow it up with dynamite?

[Scott5114]

Ladies and Gentlemen... today is a very sad day for this forum... the craIG county sign is no more... Big Rig Steve has just passed past the location of the mythical sign, and it has been replaced:


RIP craIG county... it will be known from now on as Craig County OK (there's another Craig County in VA).

That's what happens when you make errors famous

The replacement still isn't anything to write home about. The spacing still looks off. I feel like the letters are vertically centered on each line.

Either way, it still doesn't look near as bad as it used to.

I have a feeling that part of the wonkiness may be due to that being a frame from a video, which can cause weird effects like interpolation and such.

I'm reserving judgment until I or somebody else can go out there and take a real photo.